Bicycle-stand.



No. 633,806. Patented Sept. 26, 1399,

H. CIFKA. BICYCLE STAND. Anulicntion med July 11, 1aoe.=

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UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

HENRI CIFKA, on Patient AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

BICYCLE-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent' No. 633,806, dated September 26, 1899.

application filed July 11, 1898. Serial No. 685,678. (No model.) I

To (LU whom, it 772a, concern:

Be it known that I, HENRI CIFKA, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and a resident of the city of Prague, in the Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements cars or other places where economy of floorspace is necessary.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of my improved stand as applied to a railroad-car, the car-bod y being in sec-' Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same, showing a bicycle in place therein. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the stand in the position which it occupies when not in use. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view ofthe preferred form of locking device shown in clasped or locked position, the position assumed when open being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the locking device, showing the preferred method of attaching the same to the-support. Fig.6 shows aslightly-modified' form of locking device in front elevation.

Referring to the drawings, G represents a grating, preferably composed of wood,suspended in the upper part of the carby means of pins or rods .2 2, upon which it freely-turns.

This grating consists of side posts a a, a top frame-piece 0 a bottom piece 11, and vertical rods or bars 3 s', suitably mounted therein and dividing:v the frame into a number of wheelspa'ces. One of the longitudinal frame pieccs 0 or v of the grating (whichever-one may be most convenient, in the construction herein indicated the latter) is formed of two parallel sections secured one on either side of the vertical rods .9, as represented in Fig. 5. By forming the longitudinal frame-piece in the manner described a space is left between thetwo sections, in which the locking device is pivotally 'rnonnted,as hereinafterdescribed.

' R represents a bottom frame connected with the bottom piece v of the grating Grby means of hinges 7t and consisting of end.

beame ofthe car. in this manner a large number can be accomat the pointof crossing.

pieces and longitudinal frame-pieces o and "v The bottom piece 71' of' the grating and the longitudinal bar 11 of the bottom frame 5 5.

are both'provided with deep recesses 2', which serve to hold the wheels of the bicycles placed in the support.

When the stand is in' use, the grating G is placed in an obliqueposition and the bottom ,frame R in a horizontal position, the latter being secured at its free end to the car-wall by means of a suitable hook g or any other preferred means.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the stand is shown ready for use, and the bicycles are placed therein in such a manner that alternately one bicycle stands with its front wheel in the grating G and the next with its rear wheel therein, the freely-swinging wheel of each bicycle being supported by a hook r, secured to a cross- By arranging the bicycles modated in a very small space, and at the sametime the floor of the car is left free for the storage of trunks or other baggage.

When not in use, the support can be swung to the position indicated in Fig. 3 by unfastoning the hook turning the bottom frame R upon its hinge it until itsmovement is stopped by the engagement of the'adjacent facesof the bars 2* and o,vwhen the said frame will be in line with and will form a continuation of the grating G, and then turn- ,ing the whole support upon the pins 2 a until it occupies a position close under the roof of the car and out of the way, as shown in the drawings. The standis fastened in such p S ll3iOn by lZ-hB hOOk g or any oth it b ing means.

. 9 The locking device which forms a part of this invention and is embodied in my bicyclesupport consists of two curved clasping arms 1 or pieces 11-, crossed at a point intermediate their ends and pivotally connected together 5 The grating G car'- ries a lock of this character between each pair of vertical rods 58. 7

Each device is mounted in the support between the two sections of the double longitudinalframe-piece v by means of a pin 1), which also serves as a pivot for the crossed arms '12 In rear of the pivot the pieces a are bent at right angles to the plane of the obtained. other securing means is entirely outside of clasping-arms and form locking extensions port-ing the other wheel. of the bicycle, subm, which project through an aperture cl, formed for the purpose in one of the sections of the double bar i2 and are provided at their outer ends with suitable eyes through which the hasp of a padlock may be passed and secured. The opposite or free ends of the arms 11 are preferably provided with registering devices which serve to-hold the arms from slipping past each other when in their closed position, one form of such device being shown in Fig. 6, wherein the pin 10 registers with a corresponding recess in the opposing arm. A spring f normally holds the clasping-arms apart or in an open position, so that the rim of the wheel can be readily introduced between the said arms.

By crossing the arms of the locking device and arranging it in the supporting-frame as above described severaldesirable results are The position of the padlock or the wheel-rim and sufficiently removed from every part of the bicycle to enable the person using it to operate the lock without having his movements hampered by the proximity of the bicycle-wheel or his hands soiled by contact with the same. This construction also affords a ready means for closing the spring-held clasping-arms a about the wheelrim by simply pressing together the crossed extensions 7n, which maybe easily done with one hand, leaving the other hand free to manipulate the padlock.

I prefer that the locking device should be applied in the present instance to the longitudinal frame-piece 1; of the grating G, when, as can be readily seen, the locking extensions would project from the front of the said frame-piece in such a position that the padlock carried thereby could be easily reached and quickly manipulated. It is not to be understood, however, that I limit myself to this precise construction, as the double bar, carrying its locking devices, might be arranged to engage with other parts of the.

wheel, and suoh positions will readily suggest themselves.

What I. claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bicycle-stand, a support for one wheel comprising a depending grating, a horizontal bottom frame pivotally connected thereto, and detachable connections for uniting the free end of said bottom frame with a fixed support, combined with means for supstantially as set forth.

2. In a bicycle-stand adapted for use in railway-cars, a support for one wheel of a bicycle comprising a depending grating pivoted at its upper end, a horizontal bottom frame hinged thereto and adapted to be detachably connected with the wall of the car at its free end, whereby the .support may, when not in use, he swung to a position close against the roof of the car, and means forsecuring the said support in such position, combined with means for supporting the other wheel of the bicycle, substantially as set forth.

3. In a bicycle-stand, a support for one wheel of abicycle, comprising an inclined, depending grating pivoted at its upper end,

a horizontal bottom frame hinged thereto and detachably connected to a fixed support at its inner end, whereby the bottom'frame may be moved to a position in the same longitudinal plane as the grating, so as to form a continuation thereof, and the whole may be swung to a substantially horizontal position, combined with means for supporting the other wheel of the bicycle, substantially as set forth.

4. A bicycle-support provided with a longitudinal frame-piece composed of two parallel sections, one of which is provided with apertures, d, and a locking device consisting of two curved clasping members pivotally supported between the two sections of the said longitudinal frame-piece and having locking extensions extending beyond the pivot and arranged to project through the said apertures, (1, whereby the said extensions may be locked together, substantially as set forth.

5. A bicycle-support provided with a grating having a longitudinal frame-piece composed of two parallel sections, one of which is provided with apertures, 01, and a lock-ing device mounted between the said sections and consisting of two curved clasping-pieces, n,

HENRI OIFKAQ WVitnesses:

Hneo DONZELMANN, MILORLOV HENBY. 

